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Show and Tell

Exploring the Fine Art of Children's Book Illustration By Dilys Evans

8-1/2 x 10 in; 144 pp ; full-color illustrations throughout
Hardcover
Published in March, 2008
ISBN 0811849716
ISBN13 9780811849715

$24.99  

Show and Tell -- For over 30 years, Dilys Evans has been deeply involved in the fine art of children's book illustration. In 1980 she founded The Original Art, an annual exhibition in New York featuring the best children's book illustration of the year. Now, in this fascinating exploration of children's book illustration, she focuses on the work of 12 contemporary illustrators. Looking at the wide variety of artistic genius in children's books, Show and Tell teaches the reader how to look for the perfect marriage of art and text, and is an invaluable guide for anyone interested in children's books and the art of illustration.

Illustrators include:
David Wiesner
Trina Schart Hyman
Lane Smith
Brian Selznick
Bryan Collier
David Shannon
Petra Mathers
Paul O. Zelinsky
Hilary Knight
Denise Fleming
Harry Bliss
Betsy Lewin

Dilys Evans is agent and president of Dilys Evans Fine Illustration LLC. She is an accomplished author, curator, and speaker who has advised Caldecott committees and has worked with many acclaimed illustrators in the children's book business. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Quotes

"At last, [Dilys Evans'] wisdom appears in print. The children's illustration field has needed this book for decades! — Julie Cummins, former coordinator, Office of Children's Services, New York Public Library